is a place in the
London Borough Of Ealing . It is a suburban development situated 10.7 miles (17.2 km) west of
Charing Cross and 4 miles (6.4 km) north east of
Heathrow Airport .
The area is bounded by the
Grand Union Canal to the north,
Osterley Lane to the south, Windmill Lane to the east and Norwood Road to the west. Norwood Green is a conservation area with heavy traffic excluded at night. The roadsides are lined with trees and there are several open spaces and wooded areas. Residential property consists of a mix of bungalows, large and small detached, semi-detached and terraced houses.
The local
Metropolitan Police station is open part-time. The nearest fully open stations are at Ealing and Southall. There are primary and junior schools within walking distance of Norwood Green.
Norwood Green has developed from an ancient parish and retains a village green, church and local pub. A "Village Day" is hosted on the green each June by the Norwood Green Residents' Association with stalls, children’s rides, side-shows, pony rides and displays.
The Parish Church, St Mary The Virgin, has a bell-tower and the bellringers practice most Wednesdays.
The local pub is the Plough. It has a garden and serves hand-drawn Fullers beers
Fuller, Smith And Turner and sometimes features in the good beer guide published by
CAMRA .
According to the 2001 census, 67% of the population of Norwood Green ward are in ethnic groups other than White.
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In 1894, under the
Local Government Act 1894 , Norwood Green formed part of the
Southall Urban District of
Middlesex . The urban district gained further status as a
Municipal Borough in 1936. When the municipal borough was abolished in 1965, under the
London Government Act 1963 , the area became part of the London Borough of Ealing.
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Osterley Park House and Osterley farm are to the south. The
National Trust acquired
Osterley Park House and grounds from the 9th
Earl Of Jersey .
Osterley Tube Station on the
Piccadilly Line , is 15–20 minutes walk using footpaths across the fields or down Osterley Lane and then through Osterley Park.
London Buses provide the 120 bus service along Norwood Road with a stop at The Green. Buses run every ten minutes or so northwards the mile and half towards
Southall Railway Station (BR to
Ealing Broadway and
Paddington ,
Slough and Reading) and southwards the same distance to
Hounslow (
London Underground Piccadilly Line to Heathrow and Central London 15/25 minutes).
The
M4 Motorway is accessed at Junction 2 for Central London and Junction 3 for Heathrow and
Bristol .
Three Bridges in the north-east corner is claimed as an ancient monument. It is located where north-south running Windmill Lane goes over the Grand Union Canal as it "flows" West-East towards the
Thames at
Brentford and where the canal goes over the single track, freight only, railway line running from the main
GWR line to its end just north of the
A4 trunk road. There are in fact just "two" bridges at "Three Bridges" (the road over the canal bridge and the canal over the railway bridge) but they are stacked one above another with the road on top of the canal which is on top of the railway which is in a deep cutting at this point. There are weight and width restrictions on the road bridge.
